Original title: 40000 a month, only 4 hours a day? This hot job may be playing "edge ball"

If there is a job, the monthly salary will be 40000 yuan, even without ceiling. It only takes about 4 hours to work a day. There is no need to clock in on duty, no KPI, no food, no shelter, no luxury cars, and occasionally you can travel abroad and go to high-end places. At first glance, do you think it is very attractive?

Such a career is the "growth companion for children", which has been widely discussed on microblog and social media recently. It is widely discussed with novelty, niche, high salary and other topics, focusing on one "company" - accompany children to learn, exercise, play, observe children's habits and guide adjustment in the company. However, at present, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has not yet made a clear definition and classification of this profession.

On the social platform, a large number of recruitment notes of "child growth companion" are constantly emerging. Such notes have attracted many job seekers, including graduates from famous universities at home and abroad. But does this sound like a fairy job really exist?

Practitioner's description: some people can earn 100000 yuan a month for their monthly salary of tens of thousands yuan

According to insiders, according to different regions and families, the monthly salary of child growth attendants ranges from 5000 yuan to 45000 yuan, and some can even reach 100000 yuan a month.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Dandan and the driver drove to an international school in Shanghai to pick up the twin children of the employer's family. On the bus, Wang Dandan began to "expand their knowledge".

Wang Dandan's job is called "child growth chaperone". The working hours are from 3:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every day from Monday to Saturday. This job makes her a monthly salary of 40000 yuan in Shanghai, which is even more considerable if the hourly salary is calculated.

One of her tasks is to expand her knowledge. "For example, in terms of traditional culture, I will expand the knowledge of the four great inventions for children, and also try to make small handicrafts together to let them feel the traditional culture," said Wang Dandan.

"It's exaggerated to say on the Internet that there is no ceiling on work income." Xin Xin (alias) from Shanghai is a "child growth companion" with a monthly salary of 40000. Before that, she was a "teacher" with more than ten years of work experience. So far, she has served only one family.

Song Siyu, who is located in Chongqing, told reporters that her working hours are from 17:30 to 20:30 from Monday to Friday. She mainly accompanies children to do homework that connects children with children, tutors them in pinyin and arithmetic, and takes them to do outdoor activities such as playing football. Sometimes she takes children to fencing, swimming and badminton training classes according to the needs of her family head. Song Siyu's monthly income is 5000-6000 yuan.

"There is still a difference between a new first tier city and a first tier city. In fact, many parents in Chongqing still misunderstand the child growth chaperone. They equate us with a childcare sister-in-law and a tutor, or think that we need to be transported to the chaperone's home. In fact, we are door-to-door service." Song Siyu said that their salary is also related to the service model and the personal ability of the chaperone. The salary of the resident companion in Chongqing ranges from 8000-18000 yuan, and the resident companion usually takes a single day off. As a highly paid companion teacher, parents often require the ability to drive and speak English well, but cooking and organizing are not within the scope of work.

However, some people said that they also had to do the work of "servant". Not long ago, overseas returnees chose to join this industry. In her opinion, this job is more like working as a servant. She said that in addition to tutoring her homework, she was also responsible for the daily life of children.

Journalists experience the process of job hunting: actively inform that they will not pay social insurance, and the starting salary will be doubled at will

Is it difficult to become a "child growth companion"? The reporter first experienced the job search process as a candidate.

The reporter randomly searched the relevant content on the social platform and got in touch with an organization called "Sequoia Mutual Domestic Service" in the background. Later, the organization asked the reporter to add WeChat to express their intention to communicate in detail.

In the process of chatting with the staff of the organization on WeChat, he took the initiative to disclose that "he does not pay social security, and his working place is his family. It is normal for his family to have no business license, and he does not have to pay taxes. The salary is just the salary he gets".

When the reporter asked about the specific amount of salary, the staff member initially said that the starting salary was only 8000 yuan. When the reporter questioned whether the words "high education can earn tens of thousands of yuan a month" and "no ceiling" displayed on the Internet were gimmicks, the staff member immediately changed his tune, saying that the starting salary could be about 16000 yuan, directly doubling.

According to the reporter's survey, these institutions basically send some notes on social platforms to prevent being cheated, and even more than parents want to find job seekers who are "children's growth companions".

In addition, "intermediary commission" is also common in this industry. Another "Feifan International Housekeeping" interviewed by the reporter introduced the rules of the draw in detail to the reporter: "The service fee is 20% of the salary of the first month. If the contract is signed, if the contract is not completed for one month, the service fee will be refunded according to the proportion of the actual working time in one month."

In addition, during the interview, the reporter found that many institutions required applicants to provide self introduction videos in English, and one institution said that the academic qualifications in this field were only on the one hand, and the important thing was to see oral English and experience.

Experts' interpretation: packaging subject teachers as "children's growth companions" is playing a side game

In the face of such an educational work that requires a long time to deal with children, many netizens have questions about whether it is playing a marginal role, in fact, it is doing discipline education? What is the difference between "child growth companion" and "tutor"?

In this regard, Xin Xin told the reporter that in her work, she would not actually participate in the homework tutoring of children. She wanted to teach more educational methods

Chu Zhaohui, a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, said that child accompany growth teachers were not listed in the relevant occupational directory of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security at present, so they were not an officially recognized occupation. The name may be used by some enterprises or individuals to meet the needs of parents for children's growth and companionship. Due to the lack of official specifications, there may be a mixture of good and bad in the market, and the service quality is uneven. Parents should be careful when choosing such services to avoid being cheated.

He suggested that service providers should ensure that their services have a positive impact on children's growth and avoid negative effects. For those who have not received professional training, it is recommended not to easily provide services in the name of "child development services".

Xiong Bingqi, president of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, pointed out that some institutions are actually playing the sidelines by packaging discipline training teachers as "child growth companions". Discipline training for preschool children and primary school students is now an act that the education department clearly opposes. "Domestic service cannot be regarded as discipline guidance, nor can it replace parent-child companionship. The responsibilities of domestic service, school teachers and parents should not be confused. "

Huang Zhuoming, a famous Chinese expert in overseas examination training and teaching management, told the reporter that although the "children's growth companion" is a new thing, it cannot be used as a subject education under the guise of "children's growth companion", which is an insurmountable bottom line, but the families that can bear this cost are limited, and the scope of influence is controllable at present. The name is not important, but the parents' accompanying the children is important. "

In Laura's opinion, many people who come into contact with this industry may have seen various kinds of We Media propaganda, thinking that it is a niche high paid career with more money and less work. "This industry can really help you to quickly realize the accumulation of wealth. But if you just want to relax, don't come. Any high paid career that looks good to you must have something behind it that you can't imagine."

Children's growth companion is not so good

Whether the profession of "child growth companion" is really as beautiful as that described in the online marketing copy, I'm afraid there is a question mark. After experiencing the job search process, some media reporters found that the salary standards given by the intermediary agencies were more casual, and they did not pay social insurance, but also charged "intermediary commissions" of 20% of the first month's salary.

In particular, as a new profession, the nature of "child growth companion" is not clear and the boundary is vague, so there is a large floating space for the ability and responsibility requirements of practitioners. On the one hand, with the attraction of "high salary", job seekers are constantly wanting to join; On the other hand, employers' families have different expectations and requirements for accompanying teachers, and it is difficult to match people with posts.

For example, some employers and families use the "child growth chaperone" as a servant. They not only require the chaperone to help with homework, but also take care of the children's daily life, and even involve some housework. This practice confuses the boundary between family education and domestic service, and is also likely to cause problems for job seekers and lead to labor disputes.

From the experience and quality of job seekers, some young practitioners who lack experience in the education industry can hardly meet the requirements of children's growth and companionship. For young children, what they need most is not homework guidance, but to cultivate good learning habits and form positive personality characteristics at an early stage.

Although "Child Growth Companion" is still a niche occupation at present, it puts forward higher requirements on the economic level of employers' families and the quality of practitioners. However, if any profession wants to develop healthily, it should form a consensus industry code and follow a measurable professional standard system.

If you can't have a deep understanding of children's growth laws, lack an accurate positioning of the role that accompanists should play, and just play with concepts and "new bottles of old wine", it will easily lead to various disputes, and even affect the healthy growth of children.

Some experts raised their concern that discipline education should not be conducted under the guise of "child growth companion". Some organizations, in order to promote "child growth companions", have offered their parents academic guidance. Some companions have also packaged their academic expertise as their core competitiveness, which is actually playing a marginal role.

At present, "child growth companions" are usually directly employed by families in need, lacking the constraints and guarantees of intermediate institutions. In order to strengthen the level of professionalism and standardization, professional institutions can carry out training and employment, and then entrust training to families. In this way, it can not only solve the problems of social security and tax payment of accompanying teachers, but also help improve the quality of service and protect the legitimate rights and interests of practitioners.

For the majority of young people who are looking for jobs, don't be partial to the social media's exaggeration of "more money and less work". When trying the new career of "child growth companion", fully evaluate their qualifications and stress tolerance. Whether it is a long-term career or a short-term transitional career, we should fully understand the needs of employers and make responsible choices.

From the supervision side, it is necessary to strengthen the supervision and management of the intermediary agencies of "child growth companions". Whether intermediaries provide true information matching services, whether they charge unreasonable intermediary service fees and training fees, and whether they can actively coordinate and resolve possible disputes in the future should be further standardized.

In any case, "Child Growth Companion" is aimed at children and serves families. It is related to the future of the next generation. It must not be allowed to "grow savagely". Accompanying children's growth is not used to hype the concept of educational anxiety, but is a process of vital importance to minors. Parents should also learn to deeply participate in the growth of their children and strive to be "companions around children".

(Comprehensive sources: New Evening News, Daily Economic News, China Singapore Latitude, Morning News, Beijing News)